Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has delivered two battery powered ferries to Fjord1 in Norway just a week apart from each other. The ro-ro passenger and vehicle ferries Eidsfjord and Gloppefjord will operate the Anda-Lote route in Nordfjord on the west coast of Norway.
“We are so proud to deliver these fully battery powered ferries and honoured to be part of the first ferry connection in Norway where the road administration requires use of zero-emission technology,” said Mehmet Gazioglu, managing director, Tersan Shipyard.
Fast charging batteries
Among the ferries unique selling points is that they will only need to stop for nine minutes for battery charging in ports.
Battery charging is completed via fully automatic charging stations at the quayside. The battery powered ferries are equipped with a vacuum docking device to ensure correct docking at all times with no need to run the engines and propellers at slow speeds.
Total battery capacity onboard each ferry is two 520kWh supplied by Siemens as the electric integrator.
The battery powered ferries have two 500 eKW Scania DI16 90M generators for back-up and emergency operators, which were used during the ships’ maiden voyage from the shipyard.
Eidsfjord and Gloppefjord are both equipped with an auto-crossing system which helps to ensure that the vessel makes the most efficient crossing each time.
The system selects the most economically desirable speed by taking into consideration wind, load and waves. Deceleration is performed automatically.